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"We didn’t have to discover “the undiscovered beauty” as the cathedral is well-known in Spain, so we had placed it on our must-see list before arriving in Palencia. We first circled the cathedral with its multiple entrances and tried to figure out where the main entrance was. Since a mass was going o..."n when we came in, we postponed our visit until the later afternoon hours.
We had to wait a bit for the cathedral to open but in contrast to the only very critical review here, we fully enjoyed our wait in the brilliant sunshine on the beautiful Plaza Inmaculada Concepción with its elegantly shaped trees and modern sculpture before being allowed in the cathedral for a small fee. We opted for the combined ticket of tour and entrance to the museum.
The wait for the tour was worth it: a witty priest took us around many of the chapels and provided us with anecdotes – some funny, some moving – about the various works of art we could see (the tour was only in Spanish so I had to rely on my...
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"In the middle of corn fields, far form even a small village this monastery, build in the XII century has one of the most charming gothic cloisters have seen anywhere in the world. An elderly nun guide, the total absence of tourists, the silence broken only by bird song, meld with the unpretentious e..."xtreme beauty of the architecture and unadorned sculpture to bring forth inner peace. They also offer room and board, which I have not tried
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"A quiet and peaceful cathedral without the normal crowds and with enough to see to keep us interested for an hour or so. The carved limestone screen behind the choir was particularly beautiful. The only negative was that nothing was written in English, nor were any English speaking tours offered.
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